Re: [CR]Nuovo Record maximum cog

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To: David Feldman <feldmanbike@yahoo.com>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Nuovo Record maximum cog
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 22:38:17 +0000


If that grinding is the 28 T cog interfering with teh cage as the cage swings into alignment with the 28, then I would not accept that solution.

Ken Freeman
Ann Arbor, MI USA


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From: David Feldman

> I have set up a number of bikes with 10-tooth front

\r?\n> chainring gaps, Nuovo Record rear derailleurs, and 28

\r?\n> tooth low gear cogs. Two things are necessary--the

\r?\n> shortest possible chain, and reassembling the dropout

\r?\n> adjusters so that the axle can be placed as far back

\r?\n> as possible in the dropout slot--remove the spring

\r?\n> from between the head of the adjuster screw and the

\r?\n> inside surface of the dropout and replace it between

\r?\n> the outside (rearmost) surface of the dropout and the

\r?\n> little adjuster knob. Set the rear wheel back

\r?\n> absolutely as far as possible in the dropouts. Cut

\r?\n> the chain to the length that just barely will let it

\r?\n> be shifted to the large chainring/28tooth combination.

\r?\n> It may grind a little going onto and off of the

\r?\n> 28/small ring combination but it will make that shift

\r?\n> reliably and consistently.

\r?\n> David Feldman

\r?\n> Vancouver, WA